Thunder sets opening roster

Friday

Oct 18, 2013 at 12:01 AM

The Thunder submitted its opening-day roster to the ECHL, but it will change.

The Record

The Thunder submitted its opening-day roster to the ECHL, but it will change.

Stockton's 18-man roster does not include defensemen Mike Dalhuisen and Mike Keenan, who were assigned from Bridgeport of the AHL and almost certainly will be added to the active list when the Thunder opens the season 7:30 p.m. Saturday against Colorado at Stockton Arena.

To get down to 19 active players, Stockton coach Rich Kromm waived forward J.P. Burkemper and defenseman Michal Spacek and put forwards Austin Mayer and Corey Trivino on the reserve list. The ECHL salary cap is between $8,000 and $12,400 per week.

Nine players from last year's team that won the Western Conference title made the squad - defenseman Nathan Deck, Kevin Noble, Ryan Constant, Shawn Boutin and Landon Oslanski, and forwards Matt Bergland, Ryan Hayes, Andrew Clark and Garet Hunt.

Brian Foster and Parker Milner are the goaltenders, and Kromm has yet to announce an opening day starter.

Dalhuisen and Keenan were assigned to the Thunder on Wednesday. They had been on the Bridgeport roster, but did not play in a game.

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